A pro-Palestinian activist is found guilty of assault during a riot at an event hosted by the Israel Society at King’s College London, in January.
The Jewish Chronicle reports that North London resident Ivana Bevilaqua, 25, was given a conditional discharge for 28 days and told to pay compensation of £100 ($130) to her victim, Esther Endfield. She was also ordered to pay court costs of £200 ($260), and a victim surcharge of £20 ($26).
The pro-Palestinian activists set off fire alarms, hurled chairs and assaulted Endfield, who was one of the organizers of the event, which was to include an address by former Shin Bet chief Ami Ayalon.
Police were called to the college, and the British government called the riot “totally unacceptable.”
Marie van der Zyl, the vice-president of the Board of Deputies welcomes the conviction, saying it “should send out a message that this type of violent and criminal disruption will not be tolerated.”
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